DIGNITY OF RESISTANCE: WOMEN RESIDENTS' ACTIVISM IN CHICAGO PUBLIC HOUSING.
Series: CAMBRIDGE SERIES IN ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Published: 2004
Place of publication: NEW YORK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
Description: This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition.